Outcomes for looked after children

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Dear Cornwall Council,

Can you please provide the following information. In all instances where numbers are asked for please provide them both as a whole number and as a percentage of the overall total.

1. How many children of compulsory school age do you currently have under local authority care?

Of these;
i) How many had their education delegated to a school by their parents before going into care?
ii) How many were electively home educated by their parents before going into care?

2. Can you please provide a statistical breakdown of the reasons why children in your local authority have been put under local authority care?

3. Please provide the number of children under local authority care classed as children missing education for the years (Jan 01 - Dec 31 in all instances) 2015, 2016, 2017. Both for the years provided and those still CME (with the years they have been CME).

4. Please provide a breakdown of how the children who are CSA under local authority care are currently receiving their educational provision. Please include CME statistics.

5. Please provide the number of children aged 10 - 18 under local authority care who have (same years as Q3);

i) Gone missing
ii) Had police involvement
iii) Been groomed by adults after going into LAC.
iv) Had a relationship that resulted in pregnancy.
v) Had a relationship that resulted in parenthood.

6. Of the children currently under LAC please provide the number of children who have been identified by professionals as needing supportive therapy; This could be SEN, mentally, emotionally, physically etc.

Of these children;

i) How many have successfully received the therapy recommended?
ii) How many are in receipt of the therapy recommended?
iii) How many are waiting to receive the therapy recommended?

Finally, can you please provide statistics/documentation and evidence for the educational outcomes for all children under local authority care?

Yours faithfully,

G Swanson

Cornwall Council

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Dear Mr Swanson,

 

Your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Thank you for your request dated 6^th March 2018.

 

I can confirm that Cornwall Council holds information falling within the
description specified in your request.  However, we estimate that the cost
of complying with your request would exceed the appropriate limit of £450
to locate, retrieve and collate the information. This is due to the way
the data is held which would involve a manual search through approximately
1414 individual case files.

 

The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations and for local
Government it is set at £450. This represents the estimated cost of one
person spending approximately 2½ working days (18 hours) in determining
whether the Council holds the information, and locating, retrieving and
extracting the information.

 

We can provide the following information within the appropriate limit but
any further time spent on your request would exceed the appropriate limit:

 

We may be able to provide answers to questions:

1 -3, 5i and question 6.

 

Please contact me to let me know if you would like the Council to proceed
with your request in this way.

 

If we do not hear from you within one month of receiving this letter, we
will assume you no longer wish to proceed.

 

Cornwall Council is committed to open and transparent government and
provides information to members of the public about all aspects of the
authority. 

 

We deal with around 2000 FOI/EIR requests for information each year, with
the cost to the Council ranging between £25 and £450 per request. You may
be able to find the information by checking previous responses on our
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Yours sincerely
Edward Gunnell

Information Governance & Complaints Officer

Children & Family Service

Children, Schools & Families

Cornwall Council

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